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Two pizzas once cost 10,000 bitcoins, a purchase that became legendary
Did you know one of the most famous transactions in the history of cryptocurrencies involves two simple pizzas. This is not a
Universal basic income, an idea born among 18th-century revolutionaries
When people talk about universal basic income today, they immediately think of Silicon Valley, debates over automation, or speeches by certain American
The four-day workweek was tested worldwide, and the results are surprising
For decades, the five-day workweek seemed as fixed as the sunrise. Almost no one questioned this rhythm inherited from the industrial revolution.
The Japanese Inn Run by the Same Family for 46 Generations
There exists in Japan a hot-spring inn whose history almost defies ordinary Western understanding of family continuity and entrepreneurial longevity. This inn,
The Eusko, France's Local Currency That Circulates Alongside the Euro
Many French people have no idea that, right within their own country, several complementary local currencies circulate alongside the euro, used every
The Zimbabwean 100-Trillion-Dollar Bill That Couldn't Even Buy Bread
Some numbers are so astronomical that they outstrip our ordinary powers of imagination, and the one-hundred-trillion Zimbabwean dollar note issued in 2008
The English Window Tax That Pushed Thousands to Brick Them Up
Few examples illustrate the direct influence of fiscal policy on a country's architecture as starkly as the window tax introduced in England
Barter never disappeared, it hides inside our modern exchange networks
Since primary school, we're often told the same simple story: before money was invented, human beings exchanged goods directly with one another,
DID YOU KNOW that the word "salary" comes from salt, but not how you think
Every month, millions of people receive their salary without ever wondering where this word, so ordinary in today's economic vocabulary, actually comes